Leading US nano firm eyes production unit in Bahrain

An award-winning US-based company who are pioneers in nano-mechanics aims to make Bahrain its regional hub by setting up a production plant here. NanoMech, which owns around 3,000 patents, is a pioneer in nano-manufacturing - an innovative process that takes manufacturing to nanoscale which is one billionth of a meter. The technology is able to help multiply the efficiency and durability of machinery, devices, and automobiles.

The company, which manufactures and ships lubricants and coatings among other things, designs and engineers products at nano-scale, caters to industries in the manufacturing, energy, automotive, and defense sectors. James Phillips, Chairman, and CEO of NanoMech told Tribune that the technologies available with the company can increase the efficiency of machines by 200 or 1,000 times. “In technology today, it’s a big deal if you’re 5 percent or 10pc better, we’re typically somewhere between around 200pc and thousand percent better in what we do and in terms of our products.”

He said that the implications of the science of Nanoscale are huge as it will be the driver for the future with huge involvement in areas such as artificial intelligence and robotics. “Big data, Artificial Intelligence, robotics, autonomy are driven by Nanoscale. We are the leader in the United States in terms of developing nano inventions. Currently, we focus heavily on several sectors such as oil and gas, transportation which includes trucking, automotive, retail, manufacturing, and military.”